Iranian musician Hamidreza Afrideh and his wife spent a long time working to establish the Honiak Music Academy in Tehran. Earlier this month, it was destroyed in a missile strike. Fortunately, no one was killed or injured, but 250 students and some 20 music instructors are now without a livelihood. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler share a solo performance by Afrideh on the bowed instrument, the kamancheh, in the ruins of his music school.
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